Lady Be Good pilots vanish on first North Africa mission
A B 24 named Lady Be Good flies from Soluch Army Air Base on April 4 1943 toward Naples Italy for its first combat mission. Nine crewmen including Lt William Hatton and Lt Robert Tomer are aboard. only Hatton’s plane fails to return as the others reach Malta or Naples amid heavy Luftwaffe flak and sand induced engine trouble.
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Naples
Italy
North African
L. William J. Hatton
Whitestone, N. Y
Robert F. Tomer
North Atleboro
Mass
Hatton
S.p
Feely
Samuel R. Adams
Eureka
Ill
Soluch
Convay
Malta
Graf
Mediterranean
Help Overreaction Ends With Jailed Spouse in Lima Fire Mixup
In Lima Ohio a man Lescoe Howard pulled a fire alarm thinking it was a police alert after his wife Hazel refused to leave a tavern. Firefighters arrived with ladder trucks and pumpers. police and firefighters forgave the alarm pull. Hazel Howard, 43, was jailed on an intoxication charge.
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Lima
Ohio
Lescoe Howard
Howard
Hazel
Mystery wreck found near Blockhouse Rock in Libyan desert
British geologists hunting for oil in Libya in May 1959 spotted Blockhouse Rock, a 20 foot limestone pillar in a vast desert. Nearby lay the shattered remains of the World War II aircraft Lady Be Good, long believed lost at sea.
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Libyan
Scludh
Libya
Naples
Italy
Mediterranean
Blockhouse Rock
Losses and lone flight: B24 raid over Soluch to Naples
A historical account recalls a 16 year old radio contact after a crash damaged ship. Maj. Paul J. Fallon led an April 4 raid in A section from Topeka to Naples and back to Soluch, timing to evade anti air fire and interceptors with a single ship return.
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Soluch
Naples
Hatton
Paul J. Fallon
Topeka
Kan
Desert Night Battle Report From Air Raid
An incompletely quoted wartime diary fragment describes anti-aircraft fire hitting bombs and aircraft, scattering crews toward Soluch after an unsuccessful mission. The narrator recalls a blackout coast and the desert appearing like the sea at night, with uncertainty about Hatton’s fate.
Long and Truman to Hold Talks on Democratic Prospects
Gov Earl K Long of Louisiana arrived in Kansas City for a conference with former President Harry S Truman. Details of time and place were undecided with possible meetings at the Muehlebach Hotel or the Truman Memorial Library in Independence.
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Kansas City
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Harry S. Truman
Long
Truman
Muehlebach Hotel
Truman Memorial Libary
Independence
Muehlebach
Unclear flight path ends with crew bailout near Blockhouse Rock
The account details Hatton and navigator Hays during a blackout coast flight, noting nervousness and dwindling signals as fuel ran out. At about 12:12 am the bomber line missed beacons, coastlines, and a radio homing signal, leading to an emergency bailout roughly 18 miles north of Blockhouse Rock.
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Hatton
D. P. Hays
Hays
Soluch
Homer
Coast Line
Blockhouse Rock
Mystery of the Lady crash and vanished air crew
Desert pilots recount the crash of the Lady after a bail out when fuel and water were left behind. Investigators later found coffee in a jug still good after 16 years. The crew flew 18 miles off course and vanished without using radio to call for help.
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Air Force
Hatton
Benina
Soluch
Benghazi
Liberace Brothers Reunite Over Dinner in Beverly Hills
The Liberace brothers George and Lee patched a year-long rift over dinner at a Beverly Hills hotel. Their mother Frances missed the reunion due to a cold. George’s orchestra performed while Lee joined briefly to play piano numbers for dancers and joked about the candelabrum atop the piano.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Liberace
George
Lee
Frances Liberace
Frank W. Jacobs Sr. Sentenced for Tax Evasion
Frank W. Jacobs Sr., an international vice president of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, was sentenced in St Louis to five years in prison and a $20,000 fine for income tax evasion. U S District Judge George H Moore imposed the sentence after a jury convicted Jacobs on evading $22,691 in taxes for 1951 and 1952.
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ST Louis, Mo
Frank W. Jacobs Sr
The
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
U.S. Dist
George H. Moore
Jacobs
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Fla
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B. L. Dawson CO
Carrier Products
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Perel
Styup
U.S
Cen
SEL
U.s.royals
Gene Fay
Tire Service
North Verity
Middletown
HST
Liberaces
N. Broad
Sie
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